Elijah Wood, Sean Astin and the core cast of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy are understandably protective of the beloved fantasy property. But they won't tolerate racism or hatred ...

Círdan the Shipwright is a familiar figure to those invested in The Lord of the Rings lore and the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium. But those who are more casually acquainted with the franchise ...

The departure of the Elves from Middle-earth haunted Tolkien's imagination, but it has also fascinated many other writers before and since. After Kipling and Tolkien, the twin pivots in recent ...

Don’t let The Lord of the Rings’ Gimli discover you’re reading this list, or he’ll take it personally. He’s still mad that the Woodland elf, Legolas, took down a whole oliphaunt alone in The Battle of ...

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote about Wizards and Valar, but as soon as you hear the word "immortal," one race comes to mind before all others: the pointy-eared, long-haired, light-footed First Born children of ...

LONDON — When the casting was announced for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” the reaction was divisive, to say the least. Longtime fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work were divided because the ...

Galadriel and I are both wrestling with the way of Middle-earth. In The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the hero is torn between returning to the West with the rest of her company and living ...

Kendall Myers is a Senior Author with Collider. As part of the TV and Movies Features team, she writes about some of the most popular releases before, during, and after they premiere. In three years, ...

Parker Bennett is a graduate of Emerson College with more than 3 years of writing experience. He's been a fan and scholar of Tolkien's extended works for nearly his whole life, and is excited to be ...

Parker Bennett is a graduate of Emerson College with more than 3 years of writing experience. He's been a fan and scholar of Tolkien's extended works for nearly his whole life, and is excited to be ...

I took my son Danny to see “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” when he was not quite 5 years old. I know, I know, perhaps not my best maternal decision. But ...

Ismael Cruz Córdova plays a Silvan Elf new to J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology and Morfydd Clark is Galadriel all over in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power." It wasn't just baby Sauron who wasn't ...